Senate and House Clear
{Away Mannyills Afi'ect-
15mg Cities and Towns
,E‘IIANl-TEIEPIIIINE
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Sunday Bills Rejected and
Changed to Amend the
Present Laws
.‘
H iltT'y‘th) March :11. —An effort
v1.1. 11 min by Senator Brooks yesterL
diy to same the amendment to the
LII-Ill. .. 1clicf l-ill offncd by Mr.
.1 no kl»... of L'nion, under which. if
adopted. the distribution. of statei
mmey to former service men would
l1-.31I1.".’td with local organizations, in-
514311 of continued with the American
1.9mm. state fund committees.
A pzuliamentary condition had aris-
on, which. while not unusual. very
snldom occurs. Buckley offered the
In“ some days ago and got it referred
«m pol“. of the. House to the judiciniy
(liliilllliteC which last session drew up
The bill which has beQu the law The
H'hlle adopted the amendment in-
:JI-nd of referring it to the committee
(or a honking end. later, adherd to,
(1111 action which was thought to have
been or. or. The House would
not rc-cede in referring the bill.
The Senate receded in its adoption‘
and sent the_bill to the military com—
lulUce. Speaker Huxford then ruled
11.21. the House could not again re—
(‘t-ivu the bill. Through disagrees-
mopl the bill went to the office of
me Secretary of State for record mere-
ly. Senator Brooks, to receive 'the
hill, got through a. committee of re-
mll resolution. This- was adopted
and the bill got back into the Senate
and was tabled.
When the civil seryice bill was
reached. ,Senator DeLaney had~ it
placed at the foot of the calendar.
wine l1 means that the contest over it;
will corne later in the season. 5
Senator 1H3.“ of Willington. called
attention to the loss to the state
treasury if. all tolls on highway
bridgeswere to be abolished and
(Continued on page Six)
-
Other
bery Are Killed
BELFAST, March 31 (By "the Asso-
ciated Press).——Cardinal Logue,. the
Primate of Ireland. was interviewed
Tuesday by Sir William Goulding and
three other Southern Irish Unionists
with the. object, it is understoodfioi'
bringing about. peace negotiations be-
tween the Irish, Republican,Parlia-
ment and the ritish Government.
The interview took place. at Dun-
dalk County Louth.
Sir W'illiam, Goulding is chairman
of the Great Southern and Western
Railway of Ireland. and of the Irish
Railway Clearing ilouse. He was a
member of the Irish Convention of
1917- 18. and is a. former high sheriff
of the county of Dublin.
.
Cardinal Logue Meets Sir William Gonlding and Three
itathern Irish Unionists and Talk Over Sit-
nation ccupants of Police Barracks at Boscflar-
il‘wiw.’ _
.
CORK. March 31. (By the ;Associai:«_
ed Press).—An attack :m'aiile this
morning uponthe police barracks at
Ross Carbery.‘ County Cork, resulted
I'm serious casualties to the occupants
of the barracks. Fourteen of the po-
lice are missing and it is believed five
were killed. . .
LONDON, March 31.———An unoilicialc
summary of the report of the Ameri-
can Commission of Inquiry. on. the con-
ditions in Ireland was published here
this mowing by the Daily News and
the Herald, the Laborite again. The
other newspapexs printed brief notices
regarding the report, but there was «no
editorial comment upon it
I
FEAR-SEE!) 1111111»:
Growers. and V Dealers at
Hearing OppOSe ” Bill to
Regulate Sale
Claiming that the Connecticut seed
growing industry is threatened by a
measure termed impractical cumber—
some and radical. seed men from all
parts of the State turned out 'yesteri
day to oppose the bill when it was
heard before the Legislative Commit—
tee on Agriculture. The measure pro-
poses to regulate. the sale of seeds and
involves several clauses. . none‘ of
Which seemed to appeal to the seed
men. although farmers, representa-
tives of the State Grange and the State
Department of Agriculture strongly
urged favorable consideration'as a
protection to the farmer against the
bad seed often sold him.
I. .H. Henley. secretary of the State
Boa‘rd of, Agriculture. and Frank D.
Blakeman. of the State Grange, spoke
for the measure. as did several farm-
ms. ‘11: was said that under present
conditions farmers must trust to luck
whethei grass seed will grow after
it is planted. and the same. has been
true oi! corn and other seé‘d:.
Dealers Are Opposed. _
Strong oppbsition to the measure
was manifested by seed growers“ 'and
seed dealers. The opposition was led
(Continued on page Four)
IAIIE AfiAINST TAIIIN
State Tax
Governor Lake expressed the opin-
ion \l-siel'dny. in response to an in-
1111.1). that if the [legislntlue considers
1. (“-5.1111111- to adopt the 1"ctroacti\e
hill 11110111] iw the appropxiati'ons
(on-.mlitec allowing towns an aggre-
gm. 0:" $1,145,011!) fpr ave: age atten-
11:.1~'r~ grunts authorized by the ses-
1.1m} two yen 1‘s ago, a pi'pvision should
1-» in: orporated in the bill for the lay-
1111: 0" {1 state tax (to: raise enough
mr-uej' to meet the exp . se. He points
ml out that the present‘condition of
llr- 14541.90 finances would ,not justify
”king- tl‘e money for this purpose
mom existing sources of income.
..‘-. lzlvi if the malts-1" mud been
Inflllf 11: to the attention of the board
ui (or. trol. the governor replied that
:I had not except in an informal wm‘.
.‘uld that the position of the proceeding
board of control that the'i‘alfilrc or
llielllr-gislnture of 1919 to provide
nmrls nullified the act, was then in—
i'ounnlly concurred in.
(Continued on page Three)
IIPIIIII CHAPTER
HA3 5 EENT SUPPEII
Approximately 200 people attended
the five cen; supper. held under the
Hospices ‘6: the entertainment com-
mittee of Ophir Chapter. No. 52, ..G
l? S. at Masonic hall South- Main
Guest. inst evening, and so successful .
was the sale of the various foodstufls
ilaat comprised the supper that a.
liurry call w'as sent put I ore sup-
ItIl°S ‘ ’
The hall was handsomely. decorated
with the .colors of the‘ Eastern-Stan“
the blue. white, yummfien and red:
1 us being predbmiu'a The tables
were decorated witjhfio 1": as well.
Sands. beans, sandwiches" Vite, cot;
Following the supper
,: day.
Quint. and the crew. of that“ :
wenttoherissistunoe. The cums!"
rocket orflogflgnalofke‘mr
Elli, 145, 000 EIIII
SEHlIIIIS EIIIIII EXISTING IIEIIENIIE
Believes, if Logislature Desires- to Adopt Retroactive
Bill, It Should Incorporate Provision for Special
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1131511 101111111
Large Number of Norwalk
ActionsiComihg Up at the
April Term of the County
Courts
Norwalk cases are in the majority
in the, trial lists of cases for the April
session of the Superior: court. The
cases will be assigned by, Judge P.
Kellogg in Bridgeport on‘April 1. and
by Judge E. Kcler on April 8.
Several important cases ‘aije listed
for trial. One of the. most unique of
these is that of Alice McLean Burke
vs Elizabeth McLean Adtrx. (estate
of Charles McLean). According to al-
legations. the plaintifi was .the 'wi
of a police captain connected with
New York City police department and
(Continued on page fr‘liree)
BRITISH EIIEIEIITEII
ASIIIIIIE AT EIIATIIAII
(:11me ass..'Ms.1-ch" 31...“.
Gaelic Prince. :1 British. heights:
bound from 136111:
was ashore on Great Roimd Shop {01-2
She was sighted at daybreak ‘
the coast guard lookout at Manomoy
. She'ieft flostop meta;
V'r'fud from 5: ‘3 (Wilma:
Shown is oh
mcnt committe
tee belongs Jute, . "
Olfair as I ‘
l'I_ .
. , Z STEEL PIIIIEITSIIAIIE
IIAY EAEEIIANIIEII
EIIII EEEIEIENT IIEN
U. S. Corporation Has Com-
pensation Plan to Stimu-
late Workers
SHARON, Po... March 31.-f—Employ-
ees of the. United States Steel corpor-
ation will benefit under a new profit
sha’ring’ plan just ' announced. The
plan is to accord to all employees of
the corporation and its subaidiaries‘
who by their ability, lndustry‘tand loy-
alty have contributed in an? unusual
degree to the success 01 the mora-
tion participation in the prod : the
corporation as special compensation
£01: such contribution nd thus to stim-
111% a continhnnce of the same.
e corporation in February of
each year will set aside a portion of
the net profits for the preceding calo-
(Continued on pége Twelve)
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Bogill Dilly soldier Lifl'
June 12 Covering All Lines
of Infantry Tactics Finish-
ing with Field Maneuvers
Connecticut'National Guard infan-
try troops are to receive their sum-
.mer encampment training at Camp
Devens commencing either June 11
or 12, it'wns learned yesterday. The
camp period will extend ‘for fifteen
days. inclusive. from the day the mem
leave COllnecticut. The reason for
having it so early in the year is ex-
plained' in war department instruc-
tions which point out that the. money
is available for such cncnmpments be-
fore the closc of the fiscal year on
Julie 30¢.Q'hcreas it will not be avail-
able. after that (into.
The entire group 0;” Connecticut in-
i’auti'ymen will proceed to the Massa—
chusetts camp by rail at the same
time and all will be trained under di-
rect supervision of the inspector in-
structor. Major Frank C. Mnirin. while
additional regular army men will 111-
struct in certain specialties. The
course. will start- 'with elementary
(Continued on page Twelve)
IIIIEAT IIIINIIII PAIII
EAIIIIINAI IIIIIIIIINS
' B1\L'I‘I_\IORE.Md.. hiarcli 3i.—
VVith all the splendor of :1. ceremony
centuries old. the‘ Roman Catholic
church today laidjo rest ’one of its
oldest (1 most falthtui servants.—
Jamefi rdinal Gibbons, Archbishop
of Baltimore and the second American
to be (devoted t fills cardinaiate. :
Archbishop J hn Bcnznno, Apostol-
ic delegate at Washington. celebrated
a ptmtiflcal requiem mass in the Ca-
theqz-al of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
with seminarians chanting Gregorian
music never before heard except in
Elie Sistine chapel in Rome during a.
funeral of a pope.
Archbishop John JIGIEnnon, at St.
Louid. delivered the» funeral sermon.w
'Durlng his sum or the need, there
rem scarcely a. 41:55. eye among
his hearers. Whose) memories went”
back to. the kindly. gentle old nun
vwhossd ‘w‘lgh- Wotapifltu well
a: power. of” 11133111. ,j .,
The service mi like a"
By unanimous vote. a the regular
meeting, last night. Boga? Lodge, No.
97 I. O. O F..;léeided , rate
as a lodge to do bmm‘without is-
suance of any capital; stock.
The question or issuing certificates
or bonds .0 the members oil the lodge
was laid ov or until a suture meeting
for action.
Inhsmurh 3‘. the ledge VET have
considerable , as to nun-act in
the erection «its new home, in the
moving of thh. building and in the
rental of the. fibres. which it is pro-
posed to luave'tu the building. it urns
decided that it was nme’ssary that the
lodge incorporate. so that the lodge as
a whole could handle the matter. and
not anv one individiial’ There. will be
numerous contracts to be let in con-
‘1ection “ith proposed Work. and it
“as thousht‘ best that the contracts
be made directly with the lodge.
through the trustees.
l‘urthn discussion on the passage
of the title to‘ the property . at '10
South Main fittest; where the new
home will b6 elected; was laid over
until a future meeting.
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M l-
Tells Coroner&c_WIs With
Audrew‘Stsen When mu
Accideni W '
nor J. J. Phofin today conducted In
inquest into the death 012th
Steen. promin‘mt business m‘fiu 31cm.
who was killed in an automobile acci
dent in Falrfislci at 9 a :11. yesterday.
Miss Miriam 36112.0: Falrfleld. testi-
’ fled she was in the rear scan: ‘6: the
automobile with Steep. but 'waa unln‘:
lured when the machine collided with
a trollcv car Frank 8. .3515. driver
of the automobile, to lipid In’ $2.30?)
bonds pending. the corona“- inquiry.-
Miss Kolb said she met Steen at a
dinner dance ‘
Algonquin C111 W
Elks ball later and i" to heéoreerr-
lawn Country Club She said she had
something to" drink. but did not see
i Steep or Roy take anything intoxicat-
113'.
Other witnesses said that the trolley
cgr was moving very slowly when the
collision with the automobile oc-
curred. '
EIEETIIIE IIIIIN
STARTS A EIIIE
. An overheated electric iron started
a fire in the kitchen of the home of
\Villiam C. Dekhn, 10 Mott avenue, at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon causing
damage estimated at 3200. The fire
was extinguished by the use or chem-
lcals.
The fire was entirely ponflned to the
Kitchen. From 13111 investigation made
bv Deputy Fire Chief Powell. it up-
pdrs that a maid who had been iron-
ing neglected to shut off the electric
current when she departed to attend
a. performance at a local theatre. The
iron became over heated andESet fire
to the ironing board. The blaze
quickly spread to the.walls. and fur-
niture whemn ill alarm was sent to
the uptown fire mpanics‘and a gen-
era! alarm turned in from Box 24.
The fire wao‘ quickly gotten under
-control bv use or qhemicals before it
reached other rooms of the house.
The furniture in the kitchen was bad~
ly scorched by the heat of the tire.
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311351111111 11115
NEW YORK. March 31,—Flremen
1
than an hour early today befoirc nub-
duing a dangerous blaze on the 31's:
the downtown
mg in the heart of
line of the
gmmp‘er district. If. was
lug-heat fires the firemen
been called upon to fight.
The bluelsta‘rted in 3
lies: and clouds of
M at tile musiire structure. The
dye was under
bdddihs’l 15,4100 inhuman.“
;
~
nnxmerkT March sir—ecu; M
yonday night at- the
"VIENNA. March 31. (Associated
Preach—Report- were received by
various newspapers here today that
or. and that General Lehar was said
military dictatorship a: Steinmang-
er, on dthat eGnera Lehm- was said
to be ready att head of 15. 000
troops to march on Budapest and by
force, it necessary, restore Charles to
the throne.
Republicans in this city exultnnuy
declare that the visit or former Emp-
eror Charles to Budapest and the fins-
__co attending his attempt to regain
power has“ dashed whatever chance
may have existed for the restoration
of the monarchy. either in Hungary or
Austria. Monarchists reluctantly ad-
mit that a. restoration seems impos-
siblé. _ 7
(continued 61f page Four)
IIIII IIESIIIIE
NEEIIIIATIIINS
WITH EEIIIIANT
PARIS,
slated Prggh d
men. I!
Easter uncommon: regarding Ger-
'3 retinal to pnygffinoglmfi
W biliion‘ sold 111: or e
W! account on Mars]! 28 at the
. W commission
new are exchanging views on the whole
sitcom with reference to Germany,
it was announced here today. V
Tho new of views, it was in-
dicotsd. probslaiy will culminate in
another tilled conference toward the
end of April or themeginning of May.
it is unlike any important measures
will be put to enact. 1n the mean-
time.
In View of the militias!“ the allied
miter the"K mu 9.31me
)—ne allied Foreign 01:
I
Wind 3011! marks under flticlofifi of
. VOW trestyonnayi‘; it is
”misdiavoil—inromodqwtetx
"The plan for the collation}; of the
customs on the line of the Rhine now
has been approved by the clitoral:
governments and their ambassadors
will meet in the neu- tutnre- to adopt
it formalin
11111 11:11 IIAVIS
11111 A CANlllllAlE
Among the many political rumors
which have been sent broadcast dur-
lug the past few weeks has been one
to the effect that Mrs Leo Davis as—
pires to the Mavonshi of Norwalk at
the October municip .1 election. This
rumor The. Evening Sentinel has re-
fused to honor and has not published
the same.' "those Who are f
with the situation know that it rs. Da-
ria has no such intention, and. in fact.
the attitude of the”women of Norwalk
are against seeking Office. Mrs": Daxls
desires to have her position in this
matter thoroughly understood While
the election is some months away it
seems to be the consensus of opinion
that. both parties will endeavor to
place below the people as candidates
for mayor men or business capacity
and experience.
SEETT EINEIIEIIII
EAIIIITIN ’AIIIIN
floor of the towering Equitable Build- .
broker:- 29:. her hm, drew
smoke poured Iii—aim to
through the upper static: and elemen- ..
Andrew Scott, colored, was“ fined
.151 for assault and $35 and cosh! for
carrying concealed weapons, by Judge
reo‘ge H.Vosburgi1 in the downtown
court. .this morning.
“he. 5.339.113 took place on the mom.
fought among the clouds {or mor. tug of Monday.- the 28111. Marry Battle
n 'ov-ed. of 112 «VVatergstt-eet. was the
fining withers;
"he claimed this following a dance
”a: colored club, and all night at-
“alv- Seotbtried to kiss her and that
have ever when she objected he beat her; pm!
kicked her and moi”: clinging he: to
had
“I
ji‘nioyud ed gunman“
‘ W
control before” “a
March 31 (BY 1116 Am
starred until alter
lilarc.
Put Responsibili
'- 411mm
When They Were Taken
BOSTON March 81. ~—Committees
from all the New England states.
meeting heye ye‘erdsy, unanimously
decided to recommend against the 10
per cent. increase. in passenger and
iricght rates asked by the railroads,
it. was reported here tonight.
According to unofficial information
the committees will report that. in
their opinion; the responsibility for
present predicament of tho carriers
rests with the federal government.
owing to its failure to restore the rail—
r‘cads to their oirnm's in as. good orn-
ditiou as they were at the time the
government tookithem over.
For that reason. it is said. the com-
mittees will recommend that the gov—
ernors ot the New England states
memorialize President Harding. Con-
gress and the railway wage board.
asking that “legislation be enacted to
provide that the federal government
extend aid to the railroads to tide
them over their present difficulties.
George R. Nuttc r. president of the
Up to éowmitent 15:12.3.
om as Good Condition As- -
Federal Aid to" me Them over—swam ’ ’
Asked to Memorializs President, am
Board to Give Relief if ‘1‘ i g. g
Overfor 1...»:
Boston, Chamber of Con-nine 1...
chairman of the Momentum
'mittce. which in hoopla! fit“ “.1. '
committees named by
of the othcl New Emmi
been! hearing arguments
against the proposed 10 ED?
crease in tam-011d rates.
that the committee is noon
piste 11 report which will N
to the gowxn‘ors o fthe Vt
England states. The co '
been conbirleilng conditio
oral weeks.
_ loci-case “'onld Inlnre
Al GI 'STA Me" M11rch_li
per cent. increase in rail -
inevitable unless the Pond!
their expenwn.“ rays the,
port of the sz‘clal citizer
'iee appointed by GoWrn'clr‘V"
confer on the milroad
this section with similar »
resenting the other New
(Continued on page
I
No
WASHINGTON,
Want! for
. iif‘fibéerhm nt y i.
slim or the Committee of One I—Iun-
dredflnvestigsthg the Irish question.
in a 30.000-word report made public
today and c‘Bvering the examination of
witnesses at public hearings held by
the Commission in Washington. last
November, December and January.
Declaring that the Commission was
"under the disadvantage of lacking
the omclal British side of the case,"
except as it was 5 ered from docu-
ments presented to it,‘the report de-
clares that “the‘ Imperial British
army. in Ireland. has been guilty of
proved excesses not incomparable in
degree and kind kWh those alleged.
by the Bryce report
hoes
. o :-
men. to have
atrocities, .lnélufii 11: '41 l‘? IMP
erican and two Englioll' ’ » .
tilled before the 0013M"
Commission admits that its.
ex parte in spite of its elem,
all sides. The testimony emit
report says. gives the cake,
almost wholly from the I?!“
lican or Sinn Fein VEM
"from sources not unsyl'n"
the application of the h
selfidctermlnation to Irelaxid.” "
Continued on 13-30 m
IIEEII PRESERIPTIIINS
TII BE IN IIEIIANII
But It Isn’t Clear That They
Can Be Filled in Grocery,
‘Stores
W’hether the rulingol’ Prohibition
Commissioner Kramer that. undo the
decision made. by former Alto ev—
General A. Mitchell Palmer. beer can—
not be sold at soda fountains. groom}
storesx or any of the several places
where near beer is dispensed. will
have any mater‘al effect here is a
question to be determined'only by fu-
ture events. The ruling provides that
a. physician may prescribe beer for
patients for medicinal purposes. {and
there is no limit to the amount to be.
prescribed. The ruling does not. how-
ever. provide that the beer may be sold
anywhere that phvsicians preemin-
tions are not usually acceptedand fill-
ed. and thpgr ry seems to be elim-
lasted from ebusiness. '
Hoirever, tho-brewers may still con—
tinue to manufaotbre beer so long as
they sell it within the requirements as
they sell it withifi‘the requircmtnts of
the Volstend act, so that it will be
used for medicinal purposes only and
not as a Echrsge. The law permitting
she sale of beer for medicinal pur-
W
(Continued on.” Twelve)
i.
.W‘ 1),. 11m. Mb Sim—s
’ ml: of “mama to the
”rifle! by which it m
m
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11113. Bil-1A,
mw-m
Mrs. Johanna. Iliclawski; o
bury, was granted a decried,-I of
,1rom Loo Bielawski, of this all?
Judge George if. mnman. "in tfie
Dr'liol court session held in &
the healing Tuesday Mm. Bio
pcmi was not opposed. She .
for the decree on the. groundjp" 531‘
two minor sons and alimony
agreement of counsel it was
t‘hat nlimorly of 3500 would he
and that ‘Mr. Bielawski shoal '
the privilege of seeing the '
son at reasonable intervals 'du
school vocation. Attomey'Wil
Cable. of Danbury. appeared W
Bielawski and AttOrnc’y J‘. L. .
weillcr, or this citv, appeal-€11
Bielawski.
The divorce \ctinun was 0
brought by her husband in tfi
cult court. St. Louis, new
age on the ground of d '
I present last 11ch a
, dinner
Win
Charla! 11.qu
banquet given "at tile m
Harttom. to .. ,
Bis-oil. Sum
Mackenzie ,of as me‘ 1
mm at honor m .r. '
back. W John
W. Hutton]. m
and mm W}
was coma.
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